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Galium aschenbornii

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Nees & S. Schauer

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov
• Dec All year (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec All year (Costa Rica)

Climber or trailer to 1.2m with glabrous or hispid prickly stems. Leaves in fours to 14mm x 4mm prickly on margins. Terminal solitary greenish-yellow to red flowers to 1.5mm long, calyx to 0.3mm long, white to yellowish or red ccorolla lobes to 1mm long. Glabrous black fruit to 4mm x 7mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Flora Costaricensis
• Standley
• Kew